linda 27th September 2008

WELL TODAY A YEAR AGO IS WHEN I GOT THE PHONE CALL THAT YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT.. MY PRAYER CALLED OUT TO GOD TO HEAL YOU AS I PACKED MY SUITCASE TO GET TO YOU AS SOON AS I COULD.. I REMEMBER ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND SEEING YOU THE FIRST TIME.. AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW YOU WERE NOT GOING TO STAY.. AS MUCH AS I WANTED YOU TOO.. I KNEW YOU WERE BEYOND REPAIR.. MY BEAUTIFUL SON LAYING THERE, BUT NOT REALLY THERE.. SEEING YOU AND TOUCHING YOU .. THOSE TATTOS YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE.. THOSE HANDS I KNEW SO WELL.. ONLY A MOTHER COULD PICK UP ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS FROM 27 YEARS.. THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR ME JONATHAN.. A YEAR.. BUT I AM ON MY WAY TOMORROW THE DAY YOU DIED TO COME SEE YOUR GRAVE AND HEADSTONE.. I NEED TO BE THERE FOR ME.. I KNOW YOUR NOT THERE, AND PROBABLY THINK IT`S PRETTY FOOLISH.. BUT WE ARE HUMAN AND WE STILL GRIEVE.. GOD HAS MADE ME STRONG AND GAVE ME SOME SMILES TODAY OF YOU.. HOW HAPPY YOU MADE US.. AND HOW HONORED YOU WERE THRU YOU LIFE AND DEATH.. YOU WILL LIVE ON IN ME.. I WILL TAKE A PART OF YOU WITH ME FOREVER AND I HOPE OTHERS CAN SEE YOU IN ME.. YOU WERE SUCH A DELIGHT TO HAVE AS A SON.. YOU MADE ME HAPPY.. I WILL FOREVER LOVE YOU AND HOLD YOU CLOSE TO MY HEART AND SHARE YOU THE REST OF MY LIFE.. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.. MO